Oakland city officials issued a call Tuesday for 500 volunteers for the 2026 Point-in-Time Count on Jan. 22. The PIT count is ...

City officials in Oakland approved a contentious new policy that will prohibit homeless people from setting up tents in parks or near homes, businesses, schools and some churches in the city that has ...

An emotional, seven-hour City Council committee meeting on a controversial proposal to crack down on homeless camps ended in ambiguity Wednesday evening. Councilmember Ken Houston wants Oakland to ...

Oakland city officials issued a call Tuesday for 500 volunteers for the 2026 Point-In-Time Count on Jan. 22. The PIT count is a census of people experiencing homelessness that is mandated by the U.S.

On Wednesday morning, Oakland leaders gathered to hear a new proposal to solve homelessness that immediately drew backlash. Outside City Hall, homeless activists were protesting what was going on ...

Homeless encampments are a part of the landscape in many U.S. cities. In Oakland, California, one of the longest-standing and most well-known encampments was at Union Point Park. It was right by the ...

OAKLAND — As one of Barbara Lee’s first major initiatives as mayor, the city will open a new Office of Homelessness Solutions to head Oakland’s response to one of its most entrenched issues. Saratoga ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - A controversial proposal to convert a hotel in Oakland’s Chinatown into transitional housing will not move forward. The nonprofit behind the plan, Cardea Health, sought to turn the ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Local builder Gene Gorelik dressed in an elf outfit and stood on a lift inside the Oakland Home Depot homeless encampment on Friday morning. "It's free money," Gorelik said.